{"id":2673130,"date":"2026-09-30T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-desperate-jake-tapper-begs-ambassador-to-plead-his-case-to-trump-and-let-cnn-back-into-press-pool-gets-rejected-live-on-air\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:26:30","slug":"watch-desperate-jake-tapper-begs-ambassador-to-plead-his-case-to-trump-and-let-cnn-back-into-press-pool-gets-rejected-live-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-desperate-jake-tapper-begs-ambassador-to-plead-his-case-to-trump-and-let-cnn-back-into-press-pool-gets-rejected-live-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Desperate Jake Tapper Begs Ambassador to Plead His Case to Trump and Let CNN Back Into Press Pool, Gets Rejected Live on Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-desperate-jake-tapper-begs-ambassador-to-plead-his-case-to-trump-and-let-cnn-back-into-press-pool-gets-rejected-live-on-air%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2673130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >content discusses ongoing issues<\/a> between certain media outlets and the White House during President Trump&#8217;s administration. CNN faced restrictions from the White House, leading to a legal battle over press pool access, which was eventually restored after a court ruling. Despite regaining access, CNN was reportedly still excluded from the pool, prompting CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper to publicly request the White House to reinstate their coverage privileges, emphasizing the importance of a free and fair press. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alitos-what-is-a-woman-question-leaves-leftist-attorney-flailing-7\/\" title=\"Alito&#039;s &#039;What Is A Woman?&#039; Question Leaves Leftist Attorney Flailing\">exchange highlighted tensions<\/a> over media bias, allegations of biased reporting, and the broader debate about press freedom. The article also touches on the general frustration presidents have historically expressed toward the media and criticizes what it views as media bias and partisan reporting, especially criticizing outlets like The Washington Post and The New York Times. Additionally,the piece mentions cultural references and adds a tone of sarcasm regarding the media&#8217;s conduct and political dynamics during this period.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rejection hurts, especially when it comes on live TV. Just ask Jake Tapper.<\/p>\n<p>Jake\u2019s network, CNN, is one of three liberal outlets currently involved in a legal struggle with President Donald Trump\u2019s administration over coverage at the White House and of the president in what\u2019s known as the press pool.<\/p>\n<p>Five networks  what\u2019s known as \u201cpool\u201d coverage \u2014 effectively rotating coverage of the president to save on costs.<\/p>\n<p>ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC are usually the five allowed. However, CNN was one of the three outlets that got banned from the White House grounds recently. The other two, Politico and MS NOW, don\u2019t have any part of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>All three got their access back to the White House thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-appointed-judge-orders-white-house-restore-cnn-ms-now-politico-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">judge\u2019s ruling last week<\/a>, which the White House seems set to challenge.<\/p>\n<p>That said, while all three outlets are back at 1600 Pennsylvania, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/26\/business\/media\/trump-white-house-tv-pool-cnn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported that CNN is still excluded. While the other four networks initially protested by providing no coverage, period, the White House responded to this by providing their own coverage through a streaming channel on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>While the Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-answers-news-media-boycott-launching-alternative-trump-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brayed<\/a> that this constituted \u201cstate-run TV\u201d like something out of Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s Romania, the gambit seems to have worked, and by Friday the four other networks not on the naughty list had begun to formulate a plan that didn\u2019t include CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, for the <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/sotu\/date\/2026-09-20\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second week<\/a> in a row, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz was on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d Sunday, and the interview ended with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-blasts-cnns-jake-tapper-poor-journalist-terrible-person-nsfw-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Tapper<\/a> literally begging him to get them back into the pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore you go, sir, I just want to note, yesterday, the White House barred CNN from fulfilling our pool assignment on behalf of the five major television networks. As you know, we all pool coverage,\u201d Tapper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I would just ask if you could please convey to President Trump to let CNN back in the pool. It was not okay when President Obama tried to freeze Fox out of the pool back in 2009. And I don\u2019t think we want a world where presidents decide who gets to cover them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the New York Giants fan in me likes nothing more than an ardent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-eagles-defensive-coordinator-repeatedly-mocks-fauci-news-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> backer like Tapper forced into a situation of begging. It\u2019s even better when Waltz effectively told him that CNN got itself into this position, so it can sure as heck get itself out of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I hear you, Jake, but I think we need fair and objective and well-sourced reporting,\u201d Waltz replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I could tell you, as having been the victim of a lot of this nonsense, my family members, and so many others, we need a free and fair and honest press corps without an agenda that tries to take facts to fit a narrative,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd whether that is Biden\u2019s inability and many issues that he had that was whitewashed, and then people came back around with corrections or other issues, so that\u2019s a much longer conversation. And President Trump\u2019s frustrated,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, by the way, there are over what, 50 seats in the press room? I don\u2019t think all of them, like Washington Post or New York Times, are exactly positive toward this administration. So that\u2019s a false narrative that it\u2019s about negative reporting. We need fair and objective reporting for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tapper insisted, \u201cPresident Trump specifically said that there\u2019s something wrong with a country where people are allowed to report things that are purposely negative. That\u2019s his language, not mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, which is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-intel-reporter-humiliated-video-china-recording-us-military-iran-turns-atlanta-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> and The New York Times are still there. This had more to do with the use of anonymous sources on stories that involved national security, which Waltz said was an issue that needed to be fixed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeck, I just saw a story where anonymous sources were referring to a now-dead senator. So, this needs to be fixed, and President Trump is quite frustrated with this media bias across the board,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs has every single president that I\u2019ve ever covered been frustrated with the press,\u201d Tapper said, before ending both the begging and the interview.<\/p>\n<p>You hate to see it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WALTZ: \u201cPresident Trump is quite frustrated with this media bias across the board.\u201d<br \/> TAPPER: \u201cAs has every single President that I\u2019ve ever covered, been frustrated with the press.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZlhEBvgg0F\">pic.twitter.com\/ZlhEBvgg0F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/2104212886176309453?\">September 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is utter shamelessness. These people have made a cottage industry out of Russiagate hoaxing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-following-around-jack-smith-like-fangirls-news-possible-third-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Smith fangirling<\/a>, among other anti-Trump nonsense, and now they plaintively beg a Trump administration member to make it back into the pool? Sure, Jake \u2014 that\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the Eagles lost, too, 27-7 to the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8GlRLCSio\">pic.twitter.com\/x8GlRLCSio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper \ud83e\udd85 (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jaketapper\/status\/2104770395958108349?\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chin up, Jake. Maybe the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-philadelphia-eagles-turn-white-house-invitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eagles<\/a> will let you into their press pool. Heaven knows you\u2019re a great deal softer on a fan base that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/s\/timeline\/eagles\/5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheered<\/a> Michael Irvin\u2019s temporary paralysis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/history\/eagles-fans-santa-snowballs-history-20241220.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throwing snowballs<\/a> at Santa Claus than you are on the Trump White House.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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